West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-03

there Is any power in PRAYER pray for mo.
n there Is ANYTHING i'm Christian association,
let mo try its influence; II there is ANYTHING
IN kindly surroundings let me have itN
Where thou goeSt will GO Thy people
shall be my people, thy God my God Where
SS@2G Sn2ic diest bS W. o dc and there will be
also II auGht but death uart thee and ma
They come for shelter When trouble comes
toNou, YOU take vRlerian q soothe the nerves.
or You take alcohol 90 revive the spirits
but the medicines fail and tho stimulauts
fail Then you try the eNcitements OF busi.
ness, or YOU try the merry making OF the
clubrooms; but you arc like the dove that
went out from the ark ltnew TO the north
and there was a waste Of water, 20 the south
60 the east and to the weSt--thore was moth.
idg but a waste OF waters in which foated
the carCasses OF the dead world and the first
solid thing the dove touched after leaving the
ARK was the window OF the ark No pace
out OF God. No hope, no comfort, no solRCe
l have tried the solaco of this world IL *
most insufficient Oh. the infinite ouackery
OF this worlds comfort 10 cannot help an
immortal spirit
Substantial comfort will not grow
In Natures barren soil;
All we can boast, till Christ we know,
is vanity and toll.
But where the Lord has planted grace,
Aud made His glories known,
The fruits OF Heavenly peace are found.
And there alone
The world has tried O. comfort you. You
lost parent A frcnd cane In aud said;
Well, that Is according 60 n law OF nature
that your father should, expire" Any com.
fort In thnti None. You lost your little
child. Somebody came i'm aud said "Woll
perhaps II the child had lived II might have
turned out badly ANY hope, any comfort
In that None at all You lost Your prop
orty. friend came in and said
well, il only shows that riches are
very uncertain You knew that beforc
No comfort IL is miserable quackcry when
the world tries to comfort soul But hero
Christ comes and he says: ~ took your urop.
ery that you might appreciate better tho
Heavenly treasures j took physical health that
yon might better appreciated 81 ritual health
took your loved ones for had better and
brighter place for them, and | wanted
then at the gate when you come
through SO your soul Is comfort
wounds arc healed. The air sometimes get,
very dark with ravens wings, and they shut
out all brightness and all comfort, and when
IL Is so dark, and the voices of those ravens
maze the air horrible with their sound, then
Christ comes in 90 sootho the soul, aud lie
says: THE mountains may depart aud the
hills be removed, but my loving kindness
will never fail You ~ Shelter-everlasting
shelter-in this dove 'ot of tho Gospel
But this flock OF souls that have come into
the Kingdom of God today, are like doves
20 their windows because thoy fy home.
The most OF the birds have no home Win.
Ter In one cline summer In another CLINE.
This year nest IN one troo; next year "A nest
in another tree Tho golden orioie OF Ger
many stays only three months there and
then IL is gone Tho linnct OF Norway
flies across the sea TO get rid of the
wintry blast Tho heron the gross.
beak and the goldlin IA aro all migratory.
They have no home. But the pigeons, the
doves spoken of in the text, they have tho
doyecot for the summer and for the winter.
IL ~ perpetual home like tho warm heart of
Christ, the dOvCcOt OF et9rnal mercy. oh,
how mnny have found the mercy and favor
Of Christ all they needed in all woatherg
bright weather and dark weather, winter
weather and summer weather, spring
weather and autumn weather. A
perpetual and loving Christ. What
does the Psalmist sayi "Wc come I'M
dor the feathers Of the Almighty Our for
tunci may drop ten degree, below zero Tho
. SHOWS Of trouble may fall around u.s. the
winds Of persecution may blow agginst us,
the iackals OF death may stalk forth at us
Home, safely home, in the heart of God,
nothing can disturb us. Nothing can over
| throw MS, The everlasting God is our she-
t'r. The Sherl may sell us out and our
comfortable homes may 20 into tho hands OF
strangers; but Christ, our home, is a homo
forever Aud yot hear people talking ms
though when man be a'ne a Christian no
put out on a tra'klo moor as though he went
wandering iu the Rnds Of great Sahara
No. "As doves 10 the windows
This great HOyk OF souls that come Into the
King loin Of God to-day, are like doves t.
their windows because they come IN hocks.
! The bulzard with filthy wing, fitting up
from the carrion, is alone. You loJk into
The sky and once In a while you can find n
| solitary bird wingng by; lht ths doves
spoken Of i'm the text come in nocks SO
these souls day come by scores and hum
dreds whole iiocks Of them, MOI
ss,h s'rSggler trying to catch up
Not stray drop on the cheek OF the hand
, so that you are hardly aware whcth h.r 10
rains or not; but the rush Of an unmistaknblo
shower. Not the rakng up Of few CLEAN
ings, but the full sheavBs tossed int the
garner. "As doves 10 their win lows Some
OF them are young you have noticed, ani
the hrst time they use their wings is tO fly
into the Kingdom Of God. Some are
old and their wings have been torn Of
the shot and rutiied Of the tempest,
aud they flew far out at sen, and we thought
they would never come back nxoiu, and me
have dipped their wings in fountains Of sin
/ and death, AMI some mad0 very crooked
course ns they flew along but they have
changed their course; they have come back
'0g doves e. their Windows Oh / shall not
% my dying hour cease 20 praise God
for the manifestation OF Ills grace here to
day Irniso Him, sun and moon and stars
/ Praise Hin, Church militant on earth
Praise Him, Chur b triumphant in Heaven.
Let the Church on earth raise itg right hand,
and let the Church Of VI .nveu lover its right
hand, until they clasp iu JOY and cOngrGtula.
ton, and then let th elders Of the church put
the wine Of celebration O. our lips aud lot
the cupbearers Of Heaven brinZ from tho
vaults Of eternity, the oldest wine prepared
| by Him who trOd the wineprcss alone and
let two worlds at once keep jubilee. Oh yes.
j am glad sp many ~ the young have come
Before the time Of Robert Raikes there was
no comb ned effort for tho salvation OF the
young People were allowed % 20 on boo their
SIN, and after n while were brought ba *.
IN they were brought back nt ain
There has been q notion in the church that
people must bo allowed 90 SOW their wild
oats and after "a while tnoy viii come back
have noticed that W ont Of 100 Of the people
who SOW wild oats never reap any other
| crops thoy SOW 90 tho wind and they
reap the whirlwind Tho church has
| found ont Chat N is caei r to keep n train on
| The tra.k tha t1 get DO on the track When
| once it isOf the track Ihf experienced
/ reiusWa1 checks The fiery st.ei at the first
| jump. for be- knows that if 20 get under full
| swing and its hoof strike fire an DO take the
| bit in fs teeth tbf momentum Is ire
sstibio An 500 we rei0icH at tho coming OF
| the young. OH that Chu today would
I take alI the wers ~ youth nnl make
/ them into "a garland for IT'S own blc. Cd
I brow. I'm The heaviest snOH-fom that
/ ever saw, I went o. see % dy.nk grl in mY
/ pa ish. Her cheek ON the pillow was a.
I white ag the snow ON The easement
/ Loved ones stood around the couch They
could not give her up They eocneJ o. be
trying to hold hor hask In tb.s world
/ Father could not give her u1. Mother could
| not give hcr up, and ono nearer and denror